Hostages Freed After Commandos Move In
From Times Wire Reports
Anti-terrorist commandos converged on an armed gang in Malaysia’s dense northern jungle and forced 27 Islamic militants to surrender, ending a four-day standoff in which two hostages were slain. Two other hostages were freed during the surrender of the gunmen, who belong to Al-Ma’unah, or Brotherhood of Inner Power, led by a former army private identified as Amin Razali. “They were carried away by this notion of an Islamic state,” Defense Minister Mohammed Najib Abdul Razak said.
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